City Centre Park Splash Pad is a basic but fun pad featuring a rainbow arch, a tall aquadome post, and some fountains. The water pressure can get pretty high at times. This splash pad is listed as “OPEN with known issues” in the city of ottawa open data, but when we went there, the splash pad seemed to be working just fine.

Beacon Hill North Splash Pad is a basic but fun splash pad in a lovely park. The splash pad’s main feature is it’s two elephant cannons. The city has also painted their logo on the concrete floor of the pad giving it a new, bright feel.

The park has a lovely gazebo, a community centre, swings, and several playstructure to explore.

We have three words for Winterwood Park Splash Pad: holy water pressure! This newer splashpad has some standard features like a fire hydrant and tall aqua dome post, but what make the splash pad interesting is the incredible amount of water that blasts out if it’s structures. The aqua dome posts usually gently dome water out the top…this one blasted out. Similarly the usually medium sized fountain sprays were as tall as the surrounding trees. Impressive and definitely a way to get very wet.read more

Manor Park Splash Pad has a fire hydrant, a tall aquadome post, and some ground sprinklers. The park itself has a nice atmosphere – there is plenty of shade and places to eat, a few structures, and a community centre that had public washrooms open at the time of our visit.

The City of Ottawa open data says this splash pad is only open on weekends, but it worked fine on a Friday morning.

Billy Bishop Splash Pad is a simple pad with a tall dome, a water cannon, and some fountain sprays. The sprays rotate on a cycle making it fun to splash around in different parts of the pad. The splash pad is surrounded by bushes, giving it a nice secluded feel.

Dr. John Hopps Park has a modern, inviting splash pad with many different devices rotating through a fairly long cycle. At any given time there is water coming out from somewhere and you need to move quickly if you’re trying to avoid getting wet.

The splash pad itself has little shade as the park is fairly new. There is a gazebo nearby and a playstructure at the park.